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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA

@drelleneaton.bsky.social
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PhysicianScientist, BoyMom, WiregrassNative Substance Use - Infectious Diseases - Deep South - Equity Opinions my own; RT not endorsements

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David Serota @serotavirus.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Protocol paper for our multicenter RCT testing an intervention for people hospitalized with injection drug use-related bacterial/fungal infections @docdelrio.bsky.social @drelleneaton.bsky.social @jessmeisner.bsky.social @iddoc.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Integrated infectious disease and substance use disorder treatment for severe injection-related infections: protocol for the randomized controlled HI-SIRI trial - Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice - Hospitalizations for acute bacterial and fungal infections related to injection drug use are increasing in the background of the United States drug...
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
The death of any child is tragic. We always think it will not be my child, they are healthy. Severe influenza can be unpredictable & deadly. Getting vaccinated considerably reduces dz severity and deaths. Please make sure you are vaccinated & your children are too. people.com/alabama-boy-...
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Boy, 11, Dies After Severe Case of the Flu: ‘Jace Never Even Got to Open His Christmas Gifts’
Jace Watkins, 11, of Alabama died on Dec. 27 after being hospitalized due to complications from the flu.
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
INTO LIGHT features narratives of people who have died from addiction. This exhibit at UT Austin is a must see for all healthcare providers. I’ll be sharing more on this project, narrative medicine and storytelling as a way to improve patient care and end stigma at IDweek in ATL. Join me!
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Michael Madaio @mmadaio.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
This is a study I worked on over the last few years with @kinnathakarar.bsky.social and others that shows the power of education on changing mindsets regarding stigmatized conditions!
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Kudos to Skye Opsteeen & the Southeastern Med Scientist Symposium #SEMMS2025 cmte. When UAB has hosted (‘22, ‘25), I have been invited to speak on trust in medicine & building a brand. Clearly, these student leads are paying attn 2 the most pressing (& challenging) topics 4 the physician scientist
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
A warm welcome 2 Dr Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA, who is visiting UAB for the Alabama Summit on Addiction & Pain. Excited 4 our team to present on substance use & infectious outcomes in the state and region. Thanks to UAB CAPPI & Addiction Prevention Coalition for support of this conference.
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Thanks to IAS-USA and Dr Mike Saag for a chance to talk about what’s new in substance use treatment- CDC funding cuts, bad batch alerts, & how to improve care in the hospital setting. Plus @kinnathakarar.bsky.social & CTN-0121 shoutouts! urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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Treating Substance Use Disorder in an Inpatient Setting
Podcast Episode · Going anti-Viral · 08/12/2025 · 31m
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Joseph Cherabie MD MSc (They/He) @jncherabiemd.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Apparently, our clinic is one of the first if not the first to get approval for Yeztugo. One might say we are yaaaaaas to go! #HIVSky #IDSky
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Congrats to Dr. Ryan Salazar on his last day of Uab IM residency. 🎉 In OBAT clinic, he learned about acute overdose & stabilization and long-term recovery. He’s headed to Huntsville, AL as a hospitalist ready to screen & treat his patients for substance use and infectious diseases. GL, Ryan!
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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️ @jabarocas.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
#Colorado: We're not different. #SavetheRainforest www.al.com/politics/202...
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Only you can save Birmingham’s medical rainforest: op-ed from UAB researcher
he fuel that propels Academic Health Centers like UAB comes, in large part, from NIH funding.
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🎉 4 of our lab’s stars are off to grad school! With skills in caring 4 addiction & infectious diseases, these students make our future a lot brighter. Kudos! Ann Harshfield, UASOM Morgan Mulrain , Meharry Med Shubh Malhotra , VCU SOM Anna Julia Kutsch , UNC SoPH Thanks @uabcappi.bsky.social
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Kudos to Bailey Pridgen for sharing our work on substance use screening in HIV clinics in AL. We found high rates of alcohol use and geographic variation in drug use patterns across the state. Nice job, Bailey! 👏🏻 @uabcappi.bsky.social
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Excited 2 bring the Massachusetts model of care to AL. MD shortages plague our state, & our HIV/OBAT clinic is often overbooked. But with the nurse care manager model, champion by Colleen Labelle (center), we can extend high-quality addiction care across the state. TY Colleen & Grayken team
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Delighted to be selected for the 1st cohort of trainees at Grayken Center for Addiction’s Nurse Care Manager Training with our nurse champion, Marsha. Nurses are essential to expanding access to care in AL and rural US, and we’re so glad to have some of the best at UAB @uabcappi.bsky.social
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
TY @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social & Dr David Kimberlin for the most accessible masterclass on Social Determinants of health. Where there is tuberculosis, there is injustice. Where there is injustice, there is tuberculosis. 👏🏻 5 Stars
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IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Follow HIVMA Board member Hussein Safa, MD, as he advocates on Capitol Hill to save HIV funding. Dr. Safa met with the Pennsylvania delegation to urge full funding for HIV prevention, care and research.
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Linsey Marr @linseymarr.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Important result from CDC research team: H5N1 flu virus from a dairy farm worker transmitted by direct contact in ferrets with 100% efficiency (6/6 animals infected) and by droplets/aerosols in ferrets, physically separated, with 50% efficiency (3/6 animals infected). wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...
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Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Isolated from Dairy Farm Worker, Michigan, USA
Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Isolated from Dairy Farm Worker, Michigan
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
In a time and state where it’s hard to find a good doctor, it is getting harder to BE a good doctor. Vaccines are the most effective, lifesaving tool in the physician’s toolkit
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10/06/2025
The US now has no vaccine advisory committee, no CDC director, and an anti-vaxxer as Health Secretary.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Measles is dangerous Please vaccinate your children!!! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Infant who contracted measles virus before birth is 1st recorded death in current Ontario outbreak | CBC News
Ontario's Ministry of Health has announced the first recorded death of a measles patient from the outbreak that started in October. The baby who died contracted the virus before birth from the mother,...
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
A treat 2 learn about meth & the microbiome from @fulchjen.bsky.social. We’ve seen inc. meth use in AL impacting HIV incidence & outcomes, infectious diseases & gut/oral bacterial growth. Thanks 2 the UAB addiction, immunology & infectious diseases research program 4 support! @uabcappi.bsky.social
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Proud of Marsha Hawkins, who was accepted to the Expanding Addiction Treatment Nurse Care Manager Model. Hate 2 miss @cpddorg.bsky.social, but I can’t think of a better reason: learning how 2 best serve our patients alongside our nursing team is vital for patient access, Addiction & Medical Care. 👏🏻👏🏻
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UAB Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention @uabcappi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Save the Date for CAPPI’s Alabama Summit on Addiction and Pain. September 2-3, 2025. Keynote speaker: Dr. Nora Volkow.
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A treat to welcome Dr Marisa Young to UAB ID and learn about her trichomonas & microbiome research. Thanks to our friendly STI research faculty for letting me tag along
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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️ @jabarocas.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A #fridayfollow. The assaults on reason & science continue by the administration. It's exhausting. Here are a few scientists whose work you should know about. Please feel free to add: @nathanlo.bsky.social @drelleneaton.bsky.social @emmybetz.bsky.social Each is doing lifesaving & innovative work.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Kansas reports measles spike as other states confirm more cases Montana reported more cases in its cluster, and Ohio reported an infection in an unvaccinated adult. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m... Photo: CDC / Heinz F. Eichenwald, MD
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UAB Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention @uabcappi.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
@uabcappi.bsky.social will be tabling at Regional Wellness Day 2025 from 3pm–7pm today at the Birmingham CrossPlex. Come see us! #UAB #birminghamalabama #communitymatters #uabcappi
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UAB Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention @uabcappi.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
That’s a wrap! UAB CAPPI photos from the 2025 Addiction Prevention Coalition End Addiction Walk. We were delighted to sponsor this large community event which supports the APC’s lifesaving programs / people who use drugs. #UAB_CAPPI #communitymatters
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Jen DeBerry PhD @jendeberry.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
UAB HSOM and @uabcappi.bsky.social are actively recruiting investigators as part of a major strategic initiative engaged in Addiction, Pain, and/or HIV/HCV. Clinical (PhD, MD, or PhD) research faculty at all ranks are invited to apply! For more info: uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/20862
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School of Medicine-Open Rank-Open Tenure-Strategic Recruitment in Addiction and Pain
The University of Alabama at Birmingham* (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine (HSOM)** is recruiting up to 8-10 investigators as part of a major strategic initiative in Addiction, Pain, and/or HIV/HCV an...
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Great to have so much expertise in substance use & infectious diseases @nationalacademies.org Emerging Leaders Forum. These three leaders have taught me so much about OUD, HCV, and harm reduction. dream team @jabarocas.bsky.social @madelinemc5.bsky.social #DrHanselTookes
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Wrapping up an amazing 3 years as an @nationalacademies.org Emerging Leader. This experience has changed the way I approach patient care & research by exposing me to innovative care models & cutting edge research. But the best part, by far, is working with inspiring leaders from across the U.S. 👏🏻
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Tremendous presentation by @madelinemc5.bsky.social on HCV treatment in pregnancy @health.nationalacademies.org. We have safe, effective treatment; we just need more meds in hands. Kudos to Madeline, Dr Laura Marks & team
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Tremendous #EndAddictionWalk this weekend by my friends at the Addiction Prevention Coalition. It is always encouraging to see my patients, partners, and community celebrating and supporting this cause. Shout out to Nichole Dawsey, new APC Director and absolute gift to BIrmingham.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️ @jabarocas.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
We are prescribing anger. With @choo.bsky.social, we need everyone to be a little bit more pissed. @msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | As physicians, we're pleading with you to get a little angrier
Anger is usually looked down upon, even pathologized, but we're living in a moment where getting angry is necessary.
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Joseph Cherabie MD MSc (They/He) @jncherabiemd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Had a great conversation with @contagionlive.bsky.social on the importance of HIV Advocacy and Education in this era #HIVSky @hivma.bsky.social
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IAS - the International AIDS Society @iasociety.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
▶️ "US AIDS funding cuts send #HIV treatment ‘off a cliff’ in #SouthAfrica" via @france24.com
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Eye on Africa - US AIDS funding cuts send HIV treatment ‘off a cliff’ in South Africa
South Africa has been racing to pivot its HIV treatment plans following the withdrawal of US aid globally. Determined to keep its hands on the tiller, the Department of Health is aiming to increase th...
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
So much uncertainty in the world, but one thing is true: Morgan Mulrain is going to Meharry Medical College! 🥳 Morgan (left of Bryan Stevenson) is professional & empathetic with people w substance use disorders & infections. He will make a competent, compassionate MD 💪🏻
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
An unvaccinated child has died from #measles in the West Texas outbreak. So tragic. Measles is a dangerous disease. Deaths are rar-ish, but they do happen. The measles vaccine is highly effective and safe. www.statnews.com/2025/02/26/t...
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Texas measles outbreak marks first fatality as more cases reported
A child in Texas has died from measles, the first death from measles in the United States since 2015.
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Carlos del Río, MD, FACP, FIDSA @docdelrio.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
American chaos: standing up for health and medicine - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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American chaos: standing up for health and medicine
Withdrawal from WHO and the Paris Agreements. USAID shuttered and aid halted, ceasing health programmes globally. A freeze on US$3 trillion worth of federal grants and loans, jeopardising the function...
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Joseph Cherabie MD MSc (They/He) @jncherabiemd.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Take action today with IDSA/HIVMA! Following this link automatically fills out a message to send to your senators and representatives about the effects of the federal grants pause on our work. @idsainfo.bsky.social @hivma.bsky.social #HIVSky #IDSky click.msgs.idsociety.org?qs=c3da1b4db...
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Take Action Against Funding Pause
Alert your Senators and Representative about Impacts of Funding Pause
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Alabama has never been known for public health or wellness, but this level of vaccine hesitancy will surely make us even sicker, increase time away from school & work, and reverse decades of public health progress
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
In Dec, we lost our rescue pup, Daisy Mae. Her vets believe she died from parvovirus, a vaccine preventable disease, which can be fatal for puppies. Apparently, the anti-vaccine movement has affected pet vaccine rates too, putting pups like Daisy at risk. Please talk 2 your vet about 💉 vaccines! 🙏🏻
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Anarchic Squid @leahanelson.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
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The Only Narcan Vending Machine in Alabama
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Liz Highleyman @lizhighleyman.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
DoxyPEP—a dose of doxycycline after sex—helped reduce bacterial STIs in San Francisco & surrounding cities, according to real-world studies. Chlamydia & syphilis notably declined, though there was less effect on gonorrhea. My latest for @pozmagazine.bsky.social www.poz.com/article/doxy...
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DoxyPEP Helps Reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections in California
Two real-world studies find that doxycycline after sex has contributed to lower rates of chlamydia and syphilis.
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Excited to share this NEJM CPC. We should all include this in our differential diagnoses in cirrhotics with headaches. Cesar Berto at UAB clinched this diagnosis when he was a transplant ID fellow at MGH. Thanks to @fungaldoc.bsky.social for help with my discussion. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Case 40-2024: A 56-Year-Old Woman with End-Stage Liver Disease and Headache | NEJM
A 56-year-old woman with liver disease was admitted with headache, confusion, and abdominal tenderness. On hospital day 5, blurred vision in the right eye occurred. A diagnosis was made.
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Bravo to Drs. Stone, Leisch, and UAB Addiction Med Fellowship on a successful pilot of core competencies for Substance Use training. Dr Stone is presenting at the National Academy of Medicine today with many other stellar pilot awardees. 👏🏻 @uabmedicine
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Thankfully this child did not have birdflu from drinking raw milk but the message here is the kid still got sick‼️ There are many other pathogens in raw milk that can make a child sick & even kill them. So not a victory. No responsible parents feed kids raw milk. www.cbsnews.com/news/califor...
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California child who experienced fever and vomiting from raw milk does not have bird flu, CDC testing shows
After drinking the unpasteurized raw milk, the child experienced fever and vomiting, local health officials said.
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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
And people wonder why peds ID docs need to take such detailed medical histories 👀 #pedsky #medsky
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Ellen Eaton, MD, MSPH, FIDSA @drelleneaton.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Excited to share our work with President Biden’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS in Montgomery, AL today. You can tune in virtually to learn more about work being done in the South to End HIV. Link 👇
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